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    Campers at Columbus?

    Thanks Guy! These photos really take me back to more simpler times in my life. I had so much fun at camp, great memories that will last forever. Does anyone recall writing our names in tooth paste on the walls aside our bunks in the cabins?
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    Campers at Columbus?

    My Mom & I......holding it together in her early 50's with 2 sons to raise.
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    Campers at Columbus?

    The row boats I remember so well...
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    Campers at Columbus?

    I'll post a few more photos from the summer of 1957 & 1958
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    Campers at Columbus?

    Special thanks to Summers End for resizing my photos so I can post them for all to recall the lazy days of summer at Camp Columbus. I'm not sure if Speedo's were in, it's just all I had. My Mom really struggled after my Dad's death and she bought what she could afford....maybe I was a style...
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    A few photos from the summer of 1958. I turned 13 that August and attended the camp as a Season Camper. During the summer of 1957 I spent just 1 week in camp after my Dad passed away and my poor Mom really needed a break. I have the full width photos from both years being processed on to CD's...
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    TeeGate, I don't recall the Ghost Factory but I do vaguley remember Ghost Hunts in the Pines at night. Sandy paths through the trees, lizards and a gathering afterwards. So hard to recall details after 50+ years. When I get the photos out, hopefully that will jog this old memory. Summer...
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    Campers at Columbus?

    Does anyone recall what I remember as "Zell Ball", a tennis ball teathered to a line attached to a tall pole. 2 would play, hitting the ball with what I remember to be ping pong paddles until you got the ball and line wrapped around the pole in the direction you were swinging?
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    Campers at Columbus?

    Hello to All ! A week ago I thought about my summers at Camp Columbus and with the advent of the internet I thought I'd see it it was still in operation. When I found this forum I was pleasantly surprised to find so many "old" campers out there. I attended the camp for 2 weeks in 1956 and...
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